Geophysical observations on northern part of Georges Bank and adjacent basins of Gulf of Maine
R. N. Oldale, J.C. Hathaway, William P. Dillon, J. D. Hendricks, James M. Robb
1974, AAPG Bulletin (58) 2411-2427
Continuous-seismic-reflection and magnetic-intensity profiles provide data for inferences about the geology of the northern part of Georges Bank and the basins of the Gulf of Maine adjacent to the bank.Basement is inferred to be mostly sedimentary and volcanic rocks of Paleozoic age that were metamorphosed and intruded locally by felsic...
Offset plutons and history of movement along the McKinley segment of the Denali Fault system, Alaska
Bruce L. Reed, Marvin A. Lanphere
1974, GSA Bulletin (85) 1883-1892
The Foraker and McGonagall plutons, bodies of granodiorite with nearly identical mineralogy and chemistry, are considered to be parts of a single igneous mass that has undergone right-lateral displacement of about 38 km along the McKinley segment of the Denali fault system since the igneous mass crystallized about 38 m.y....
Springs of Pennsylvania
Herbert N. Flippo Jr.
1974, Water Resources Bulletin 10
No abstract available....
An approximation of sediment yields from watersheds in Minnesota
C. R. Collier
1974, Conference Paper, Winter Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, December 10-13, 1974, Proceedings
No abstract available....
Leachate plumes in a highly permeable aquifer
Grant E. Kimmel, Olin C. Braids
1974, Groundwater (12) 388-392
Two landfills, 27 and 41 years old, were studied and found to have plumes of leachate-contaminated ground water extending 10,600 and 5,000 ft (3,200 and 1,500 m), respectively, from the site of deposition in the upper glacial aquifer on Long Island, New York. The plumes sink to the bottom of...
Spectrofluorimetric procedure using 2,3-napthalenediamine for determining selenium in rocks
Marian M. Schnepfe
1974, Journal of Research of the U.S. Geological Survey (2) 631-636
A spectrofluorimetric procedure using 2,3-naphthalenediamine is given for determining submicrogram and microgram quantities of selenium in mineralized rocks. Conditions for the satisfactory isolation and concentration of the selenium are investigated and tested on six USGS standard rocks of various types. Selenium contents of samples treated by an alkaline sinter and...
Improved nasal-saddle marker for mallards
Harold A. Doty, R. J. Greenwood
1974, Journal of Wildlife Management (38) 938-939
Abstract not available. ...
Radioactive waste storage in the arid zone
Isaac J. Winograd
1974, Eos Science News (55) 884-894
By the turn of the century, nuclear power may generate more than one-half of the electric energy, and about one-third of the total energy consumed in the United States [Thompson, 1971; Chapman et al., 1972]. By 2020, the total quantity of high-level radioactive wastes (HLW) generated as a byproduct of nuclear...
Trichomoniasis in the Hawaiian barred dove
R. M. Kocan, W. Banko
1974, Journal of Wildlife Diseases (10) 359-360
Two barred doves found in the south Kona district of the island of Hawaii were diagnosed as having trichomoniasis on the basis of gross and microscopic lesions. This brings the confirmed list of columbid species susceptible to natural trichomoniasis to four and is the first report of the disease...
Case report: Peregrine falcon suspected of pesticide poisoning
W. L. Reichel, L. N. Locke, R. M. Prouty
1974, Avian Diseases (18) 487-489
No abstract available....
The 1973 distribution and abundance of breeding ospreys in the Chesapeake Bay
Charles J. Henny, Morton M. Smith, Vernon D. Stotts
1974, Chesapeake Science (15) 125-133
An aerial survey in association with several intensive ground surveys yielded the first estimate of the size of the osprey (Pandion haliaetus carolinensis) nesting population in Chesapeake Bay. The 1973 population was estimated at 1,450 ± 30 pairs, of which 713 were on the western shore and 737 on the...
Chert derived from magadiite in a lacustrine deposit near Rome, Malheur County, Oregon
Richard A. Sheppard, Arthur J. 3rd Gude 3rd
1974, Journal of Research of the U.S. Geological Survey (2) 625-630
Nodules and thin beds of chert occur in the upper part of the informally named Rome beds, about 8 11 km southwest of Rome, Oreg. The chert is in green to gray mudstone, about 8 m beneath a conspicuous gray and yellow zeolitic tuff. The bedded chert contains molds of...
Interpretation of Chesapeake Bay aeromagnetic anomalies: Reply
Michael W. Higgins, Isadore Zietz, George Wescott Fisher
1974, Geology (2) 450
No abstract available....
New evidence on the age of the top of the Madison Limestone (Mississippian), Bighorn Mountains, Wyoming and Montana
William Jasper Sando, Bernard L. Mamet
1974, Journal of Research of the U.S. Geological Survey (2) 619-624
The youngest strata recognized in the Madison Limestone arc dated by foraminifers and corals at two localities on the west flank of the Bighorn Mountains in Wyoming and Montana. Fossils collected in situ from the Madison at Shell Canyon represent Zone 12 of Mamet and Skipp of late Salem age...
Correlation of uppermost Precambrian and lower Cambrian strata from southern to east-central Nevada
John H. Stewart
1974, Journal of Research of the U.S. Geological Survey (2) 609-618
Study of exposed uppermost Precambrian and Lower Cambrian strata in southern and east-central Nevada and intervening areas indicates that the Johnnie Formation of southern Nevada and the McCoy Creek Group (restricted) are correlative. In detail, the uppermost units of both sequences, the Rainstorm Member of the Johnnie Formation and the...
Stratigraphy, structure, and geologic history of the Lunar Lake Caldera of northern Nye County, Nevada
E. B. Ekren, W. D. Quinlivan, R.P. Snyder, F. J. Kleinhampl
1974, Journal of Research of the U.S. Geological Survey (2) 599-608
The Lunar Lake caldera is in northern Nye County, Nev., about 70 mi (110 km) east-northeast of Tonopah. It is the youngest caldera in the central Nevada multiple-caldron complex and the source of the tuff of Lunar Cuesta, a multiple-flow simple cooling unit of quarts latitic welded tuff that is...
Phosphorus, iron, and manganese distribution in sediment cores of six Wisconsin lakes
Gilbert C. Bortleson, G. Fred Lee
1974, Limnology and Oceanography (19) 794-801
Depositional patterns of iron, manganese, and phosphorus in one central and five northern Wisconsin lakes ranging from oligotrophic to eutrophic, primarily from natural causes, have been investigated. One-meter cores from one or more locations within each lake were analyzed. The historical pattern of iron and manganese deposition is closely related...
Correlation between geophysical data and rock types in the Piedmont and coastal plain of northeast Virginia and related areas
Louis Pavlides, K Sylvester, David L. Daniels, Robert G. Bates
1974, Journal of Research of the U.S. Geological Survey (2) 569-580
Physical, chemical, and mineralogic characteristics of rock units in parts of the northeast Virginia Piedmont are reflected in the aeromagnelic, aeroradioactivity, and gravity data for this area. Magnetic anomalies show the areal distribution of rocks containing magnetite. Aeroradiometric anomalies in the Piedmont and Coastal Plain provinces are directly related to...
Dissolved organic carbon (DOC), an index of organic contamination in ground water near Barstow, California
Jerry L. Hughes, Lawrence A. Eccles, Ronald L. Malcolm
1974, Groundwater (12) 283-290
The alluvial aquifer underlying and adjacent to the Mojave River near Barstow, California, has been subjected to degradation from percolation of industrial and municipal wastes for more than 60 years. Effluents discharged to the aquifer have contained high concentrations of both organic (detergents, oil and grease, phenols, humic compounds, and...
Detailed near-bottom geophysical profile across the continental slope off northern California
Eli A. Silver
1974, Journal of Research of the U.S. Geological Survey (2) 563-567
A geophysical profile was run across the continental slope off the California-Oregon border by use of a deeply submerged instrument package, approximately 50 m above the sea floor, containing a proton magnetometer and a 3.5-kHz transducer for shallow seismic penetration. Surface-towed seismic reflection equipment was operated concurrently. The deep-tow data...
Stratiform chromitite at Campo Formoso, Bahia, Brazil
David Carl Hedlund, Jairo Fernandes de Couto Moreira, Antonio Carlos Ferraz Pinto, Jose Carols Goncalves da Silva, Geraldo Vianney V. Souza
1974, Journal of Research of the U.S. Geological Survey (2) 551-562
Serpentinized ultramafic rocks of pre-Minas age (Precambrian) crop out in an elongate belt 1 km wide and 15 km long on the west side of the Serra de Jacobina near Campo Formoso, Brazil. The original stratiform ultramafic body has been so metamorphosed, faulted, and eroded that only narrow dismembered segments...
Geohydrologic considerations in the management of radioactive waste
George D. DeBuchananne
1974, Nuclear Technology (24) 356-361
Nongaseous radioactive wastes occur as liquids containing high-level concentrations of radionuclides, liquids containing low concentrations of radionuclides, and solids contaminated by radioactivity. Whether released by accident or design into the earth or onto the earth’s surface, only water is capable of transporting significant quantities of radionuclides away from burial sites....
Calculated volumes of individual shield volcanoes along the Hawaiian-Emperor chain
Keith E. Bargar, Everett D. Jackson
1974, Journal of Research of the U.S. Geological Survey (2) 545-550
Volume was calculated for the 107 individual volcanic shields along the Hawaiian Ridge Emperor Seamounts chain to help fulfill the need for volume data essential to determining eruption rates, fraction of mantle melted, and other parameters. Boundaries used were based principally upon location of rift zones related to each shield....
Distribution of chlorinated hydrocarbons in stream-bottom material
Donald F. Goerlitz, LeRoy M. Law
1974, Journal of Research of the U.S. Geological Survey (2) 541-543
Six stream-bottom samples, contaminated in situ with high levels of chlorinated hydrocarbons, were size graded and the separates were analyzed. The contaminants were found distributed throughout the sample. The complexity of bottom-material samples is such that the distribution of chlorinated hydrocarbons may be controlled to a major extent by the...
Comparison of bacterial and phytoplankton populations under natural and laboratory conditions
Theodore A. Ehlke
1974, Journal of Research of the U.S. Geological Survey (2) 533-539
Bacteria and blue-green algae were isolated from Oneida Lake, N.Y., and other sources. The blue-green algae Anabaena flos-aquae, Anabaena spiroides, Gloeotrichia echinulata, and Microcystis aeruginosa were grown under laboratory conditions and were separated into unialgal cultures. The bacterial population living in association with the unialgal blue-green algae differed significantly from...
